Kim Goh will
look to help the Crimson win its second Ivy road game in as many
Saturdays (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Harvard field hockey
team has a busy weekend ahead as it seeks its second straight Ivy
League win at Brown before returning home to host Bucknell. The
Crimson meets the Bears Saturday at noon on Warner Roof in
Providence, R.I., and takes on the Bison Sunday at 2 p.m., at
Jordan Field.

Admission to Harvard home field hockey games is free, but fans
who cannot make it to Jordan Field can follow the action online.
Harvard's GameCentral portal features live video with a
single-game or season subscription, while GoCrimson.com offers free
live statistics.

Last Time Out
Harvard (3-5, 1-1 Ivy League) picked up its first Ivy League win,
2-0, Saturday at Penn. Carly Dickson scored
a goal and also assisted on a tally by Georgia
McGillivray. Chloe Keating added
an assist, and Cynthia
Tassopoulos made three saves. The Crimson held an 8-7 edge in
shots and got the shutout win despite playing on the unfamiliar
FieldTurf surface at Franklin Field.

Crimson Capsule
Harvard is tied with Princeton for the top Ivy defense in league
play, having allowed just one goal over two Ancient Eight games.
Cynthia Tassopoulos leads the league in Ivy save percentage at
.900, ranks second in goals-against average at 0.50 and owns the
only individual shutout by an Ivy goalie in league play. Overall,
her .774 save percentage ranks 15th nationally, while her 1.69
goals-against average ranks 27th and six saves per game are tied
for 25th.

Chloe Keating paces the Crimson with four goals, four assists
and 12 points. She ranks ninth in the Ivy League in overall scoring
with 1.5 points per game. Carly Dickson (two goals, three assists)
and Emma Keller
(three goals, one assist) have logged seven points apiece.

History Lesson
Harvard has won its last three meetings with Brown and 15 of the
last 17 games in the series. The Bears' only victories over Harvard
in that span were consecutive 1-0 wins in 2005 and '06. The Crimson
leads the all-time series, 20-7-6. The games, however, have been
close. The Crimson needed an overtime goal by Chloe
Keating—her second tally of the game—to get by the
Bears, 4-3, last season at Jordan Field. Carly Dickson also scored,
Keating had an assist and Cynthia Tassopoulos made four saves.
Current Bears Leslie Springmeyer and Abigal Taft were among Brown's
goal-scorers.

Scouting the Bears
Brown (1-5, 0-2) ended a season-opening, four-game skid with a 6-2
win against Bryant Sept. 19, but fell to host Dartmouth, 4-2,
Saturday. The Bears' other Ivy game was a back-and-forth thriller
against Columbia, with the Lions scoring late to win, 5-4, Sept.
18.

Leslie Springmeyer leads Brown with four goals and eight points,
with two of her goals coming in the Ivy opener against Columbia.
Torie Stearns has a team-high three assists. Lauren Kessler owns a
.696 save percentage and 3.52 goals-against average.

Scouting the Bison
Bucknell (3-6) has won three of its last five games after
losing its first four. The Bison's last two games, a win against
Sacred Heart and a loss to Indiana, have been decided by penalty
strokes. They have faced two Ivy League squads previously, falling
by a 7-0 score at Princeton and posting a 3-0 home win against
Cornell. Bucknell begins its Patriot League schedule Saturday at
Holy Cross.

Morgan Kauffman and Kelly Bruvik share the team lead with 10
points each, and Kauffman is one of three Bison players who has
scored four goals. Sarah Zargarpour, the reigning
ECAC Defensive Player of the Week, has started all nine
games in goal, with a 2.15 goals-against average and .721 save
percentage.